Venus
Hellenistic Period
ca. 2nd/1st century B.C.
Hollow cast bronze Height: 33 cm

Important and sizeable statuette of the Venus of Syria in the style of the Venus de Medicis (pudique). She wears a large diadem decorated with five palmettes and a bracelet on each arm.
Provenance: Swiss private collection, before 1970.
Cf. Froehner, Cataloque de la collection Gréau, Paris 1885, nr. 926, for an identical piece.